I have A LOT of pics to upload and notes to organize before I can do a proper post, but I will try to get working on it tonight and have a good post tomorrow!
for an update...sorry your mom is sick...take your time we all will be patiently waiting.
I was up late packing and finishing my handy dandy book of tricks that went with us everywhere! Thank God I had the sense to jot some notes in it most days, because it has been a looooong time and my memory is good, but not that good! We drove through Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee and just into Georgia. 
Mom and I both smoke (although she only smokes 1 cigarette a day since her stroke scare) and always get the best prices on the drive down. Cigarettes in Chicago are pretty expensive, around $8 a pack, and are under $4 a pack down south, so we usually stock up!!! Bummer.
I wanted to try it pretty badly. Three of us ate for $13. What a deal! My mom said her food was soggy. Patrick said it was ok. He had eaten at a Sonic before on vacation with his other grandma so it didn't impress him much. He wanted McDonald's. He also was mad because after driving all day he didn't want to eat in the car.
We were tired from traveling all day and needed an early start. We had to get to Orlando early the next day, because we had reservations for one night at the Nickelodeon Family Suites Hotel!
